Mobile Phones: Children
Lords · Question HL921 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Benjamin
To ask His Majesty's Government, following their decision to mandate on-device nudity safeguards, what consideration they have given to requiring the use of the same technology to identify and block (1) hate speech, racism and other text-based harms, and
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 29 Jun 2026
The Prime Minister announced on 8 June that the UK will be the first country in the world where it will be impossible for any child in the UK to take share or view nude images. We will work with tech companies for three months to ensure that comprehensive...